The attorney for Terry Bean has posted a defense of the Portland real-estate developer and Oregon political figure, after WW's cover story today on allegations he is the victim of extortion by a former boyfriend. The story says Kiah Lawson claims to have discovered a h...
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A prominent Portlander fights for his reputation after a love affair goes wrong.

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Few people have worked harder for last month’s historic
decision to allow same-sex couples to marry in Oregon than Portland
real-estate developer Terry Bean.
Bean, 65, is one of
the founders
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The owner of the Fontaine Bleau, a former hip-hop club in Northeast Portland shut down last year after noise complaints and a fatal shooting, filed suit yesterday in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the city of Portland and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission for pursuing “a campaign intended to thwart black-owned clubs or clubs that played hip hop and catered to the Black commu...More

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office broke the law when it failed to give special consideration to a veteran who applied for a promotion, the Bureau of Labor and Industries ruled this week.BOLI ordered the county to pay Sgt. Rod Edwards $50,000, to comply with the law by writing a "coherent, consistent, written and reasonable method by which to apply veterans’ preference...
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Same-sex couples in Oregon won the right to marry today, after U.S. District Judge Michael McShane ruled the state's 10-year-old ban violates citizens’ constitutional rights. "I believe that if we can look for a moment past gender and sexuality, we can see in these plaintiffs nothing less than our own families," McShane writes in his landmark ruling. "Families who we would exp...
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Oregonians will find out Monday whether the state will be ordered to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. U.S. District Judge Michael McShane in Eugene notified the court today that he plans to issue an opinion at noon on Monday, May 19, in response to a motion for summary judgement in the case of four same-sex couples More

A California man who allegedly bought luxury cars and properties across Oregon, and splurged on trips to Vegas with money stolen from a third generation tree farm owner, turned himself in to federal agents today. Blancey Lee, 39, is charged with nine counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy alongside Rachel Lee, 43, and her daughter, Porsha Lee, 24, who...
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A decade of deception against a local Timber heir is the largest “sweetheart” scam investigators say they’ve seen.

News Stories
Ralph Raines Jr. led a fantasy life.
At 66, the heir to a
third-generation Washington County logging company had once faced the
prospect of a lonely existence. He was without close family and, a
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Opponents of same-sex marriage have suspended plans to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would allow businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples seeking to wed, the campaign announced Friday.Current law allows clergy to refuse to marry same-sex couples, but does not allow businesses to refuse service to someone based on sexual orientation.The campaign, Friends of Religiou...More